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Traces, Theatre Royal, Tues May 20 – Sat May 24
4:45pm Friday 11th April 2008
"We've all worn the tights and done the traditional circus stuff, but we wanted to make something that was more personal, to incorporate the things that we found cool and would be interested in ourselves."
So says performer Francisco Cruz of Traces, the latest show from Canadian circus company The Seven Fingers.
Following the success of Loft - The Seven Fingers' 2002 production - the company has drawn together five young graduates from Montreal's National Circus School to create a new, youth-orientated show described variously as "post-modern circus" and "urban acrobatics".
As in Loft, the performers in Traces call each other by their real names and occasionally mess up a trick.
"It's one of those shows where you get to kind of break down the wall between the audience and the performers," says Cruz.
"Sometimes we will mess up tricks and then try them again - we're not trying to be perfect and the audience can identify with that."
Traces blends physical theatre and music and even employs the humble skateboard, for a gravity-defying display of high-energy circus.
"It's definitely got an urban acrobatics feeling because it represents who we are and what we find interesting and how we wanted to play circus," says Cruz.
"We're all trapped in a bunker when the world is about to end and the show asks, how do you leave your traces on people?
"All you have in that situation is your creativity."
- Starts 7.30pm. Tickets: £10 - £20
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